What Makes Airplanes Fly?: History, Science, and Applications of AerodynamicsSpringer Science & Business Media, 6. 12. 2012 - 260 strán (strany) How can an airplane weighing many tons stay aloft for many hours, flying so smoothly that the passengers may feel less like they are moving than they would in a car? The answer, of course, lies in the wings and the air they are moving through, and the study of the flow of air around airplane wings is part of the science of aerodynamics. This book is about aerodynamics in the broadest sense. In addition to airplanes, it discusses the aerodynamics of cars and birds, and the motion of diverse object thorugh air and water. The fundamental notions of mechanics and fluid dynamics -- that is, the basic physics underlying aerodynamics -- are clearly explained. The underlying science is discussed rigorously, but only elementary mathematics is used, and only occasionally. To put the science into its human context, the author describes (with many illustrations) the history of human attempts to fly and discusses the social impact of commercial aviation as well as the outlook for future developments. This book is addressed primarily to readers whose background is not in physics or engineering. It will deepen their knowledge of these fields and add to their appreciation of some exciting recent developements in technology. This new edition has been brought up to date throughout; solutions to selected exercises have been added, as well as new problems and other study aids. |
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... gliders , aircraft that could have been successful in his time . In the late seventeenth century the Italian Jesuit priest Francesco Lana - Terzi , a professor of mathematics and philosophy , realized that a lighter gas than air is ...
... gliders , aircraft that could have been successful in his time . In the late seventeenth century the Italian Jesuit priest Francesco Lana - Terzi , a professor of mathematics and philosophy , realized that a lighter gas than air is ...
Strana 13
... gliders . There are combined control surfaces of elevator and rudder , and propulsion is provided by paddles at the back of the wing moved by the pilot in the horizontal plane . This engraving is the first design of an aircraft where ...
... gliders . There are combined control surfaces of elevator and rudder , and propulsion is provided by paddles at the back of the wing moved by the pilot in the horizontal plane . This engraving is the first design of an aircraft where ...
Strana 14
... glider . A kitelike wing is mounted on a pole with a weight attached at the front to move the center of gravity ... glider in 1809. According to the research of Gibbs - Smith , sometime after June 1853 Cayley enlisted his coachman ( or ...
... glider . A kitelike wing is mounted on a pole with a weight attached at the front to move the center of gravity ... glider in 1809. According to the research of Gibbs - Smith , sometime after June 1853 Cayley enlisted his coachman ( or ...
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... - driven model aircraft of 1844-47 by Henson and Stringfellow , which looks remarkably like a modern airplane . Figure 1.11 . Otto Lilienthal on a monoplane glider in. 1. A Dream Comes True : The Wright Brothers and Their Predecessors 17.
... - driven model aircraft of 1844-47 by Henson and Stringfellow , which looks remarkably like a modern airplane . Figure 1.11 . Otto Lilienthal on a monoplane glider in. 1. A Dream Comes True : The Wright Brothers and Their Predecessors 17.
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... gliders of the type we would now call hang gliders , as shown in Figure 1.11 . Made of wood and canvas with a central frame for the pilot , Lilienthal's glider weighed about forty - five pounds and had a wingspan of 6.7 m ( 22 ft ) and ...
... gliders of the type we would now call hang gliders , as shown in Figure 1.11 . Made of wood and canvas with a central frame for the pilot , Lilienthal's glider weighed about forty - five pounds and had a wingspan of 6.7 m ( 22 ft ) and ...
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What Makes Airplanes Fly?: History, Science, and Applications of Aerodynamics Peter P. Wegener Zobrazenie úryvkov - 1991 |
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